[austin-cheney]

I have always recommended people get an MBA and self teach the development skills. There is a value to higher education:

Bachelors - You can communicate in writing.

Masters - You can plan and prepare business documents for planning and proposals

Doctors - You can do research

To me uneducated people can still have skills, but their utility into management becomes questionable even though education certainly does not make anybody a better manager. I do however question the future value of education if most young people have never read a book or cannot write a simple essay without AI.

For me the ability to communicate is the most important skill, because programming is a form of writing. So, if I were hiring for a software team manager I would have absolutely no reservations about putting them on camera and watching them hand write a 5 page essay within an hour. It’s one of those don’t waste my time and I won’t waste yours kind of things.

[LtWorf]

I have worked with self taught programmers and the fact that they don't know the first thing about the most basic and well known algorithms makes cooperating with them painful.

[austin-cheney]

Yeah, I have never bothered with memorizing patterns myself. I always found that to be a waste of time.

[LtWorf]

Yep, it is, if you always work with more experienced people who are there to guide you.